Jeff York (March 23, 1912 - October 11, 1995) was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using the stage name Granville Owen. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke.
During his early career, the tall, dark haired actor was a natural to play characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial Terry and the Pirates and was given the lead in the 1940 Li'l Abner film. However, he is perhaps most remembered for h...
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Jeff York (March 23, 1912 - October 11, 1995) was an American film and television actor who began his career in the late 1930s using the stage name Granville Owen. He was also sometimes credited as Jeff Yorke.
During his early career, the tall, dark haired actor was a natural to play characters such as Pat Ryan in the 1940 serial Terry and the Pirates and was given the lead in the 1940 Li'l Abner film. However, he is perhaps most remembered for his role as Bud Searcy in the 1957 Walt Disney classic Old Yeller, starring Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, and Tommy Kirk. Beverly Washburn played Lisbeth Searcy, Bud's daughter. During the 1950s and 1960s, York appeared in supporting roles in numerous film and television productions, many of them by Disney.
York attracted considerable attention in the mid-1950s with his television portrayal of Mike Fink, the flamboyant keelboat operator in two episodes of Disney's hugely popular Davy Crockett miniseries in the episodes "Davy...
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